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2. Haiti Earthquake: Crisis and Response
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Margesson,Rhoda (Author) and Taft-Morales,Maureen (Author)
- Format:
- Pamphlet
- Publication Date:
- 2010-02-02
- Published:
- Congressional Research Reports for the People
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 56 p., The largest earthquake ever recorded in Haiti devastated parts of the country, including the capital, on January 12, 2010; and an estimated 3 million people, approximately one third of the overall population, have been affected by the earth quake, leaving an estimated 112,000 deaths and 194,000 injured. President Barack Obama assembled heads of US agencies to establish a coordinated response to the disaster; and Congressional concerns include budget priorities and oversight, burden-sharing, immigration, tax incentives for charitable donations, trade preferences for Haiti, and helping constituents find missing persons, speed pending adoptions, and contribute to relief efforts.
3. Haiti and US Terrorism
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Rua,Paddy (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2004
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Workers Solidarity
- Journal Title Details:
- 81
- Notes:
- An editorial reflecting on President George W. Bush's international policy. Maintains that 1) the U.S., Britain and France, the main colonist countries and monopolists of international trade at the time, imposed sanctions on Haiti when it became the first black republic in the world in 1804; 2) the U.S. introduced forced labor during a political crisis in 1915 to maintain high profit rates and left Haiti in 1934, leaving behind a deadly legacy and securing its rule over the Caribbean; 3) President George H. Bush financed a coup seven months after the first democratic elections in 1990, leading to a new dictatorship and more bloodshed; and 4) the Bush administration needs control over Haiti as it could be a stable base to launch interventions in Cuba, Venezuela and Panama.
4. Haiti: The Political Economy and Sociology of Decay and Renewal
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Gros,Jean-Germain (Author)
- Format:
- Journal Article
- Publication Date:
- 2000
- Published:
- Austin, TX: The University of Texas at Austin
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Journal Title:
- Latin American Research Review
- Journal Title Details:
- 35(3) : 211-226
- Notes:
- Reviews several books which focused on the social and political history of Haiti. Haiti in the New World Order: The Limits of the Democratic Revolution, by Alex Dupuy; Building Peace in Haiti, by Chetan Kumar; Haiti Renewed: Political and Economic Prospects, edited by Robert Rotberg; The Haitian Dilemma: A Case Study in Demographics, Development, and U.S. Foreign Policy, by Ernest Preeg.;
5. Red Heat : Conspiracy, Murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Von Tunzelmann,Alex (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- London: Simon & Schuster
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 505 p., During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the Caribbean was in crisis. The men responsible included, from Cuba, Fidel Castro, and his brother Raúl; from Argentina, Che Guevara; from the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo; and from Haiti, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. The superpowers thought they could use Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic as puppets, but what neither bargained on was that their puppets would come to life.
6. Red heat : conspiracy, murder, and the Cold War in the Caribbean
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Von Tunzelmann,Alex (Author)
- Format:
- Book, Whole
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Published:
- New York: Henry Holt
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 449 p, During the presidencies of Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson, the Caribbean was in crisis. The men responsible included, from Cuba, Fidel Castro, and his brother Raúl; from Argentina, Che Guevara; from the Dominican Republic, Rafael Trujillo; and from Haiti, François "Papa Doc" Duvalier. The superpowers thought they could use Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic as puppets, but what neither bargained on was that their puppets would come to life.
7. The Haitian Economy and the HOPE Act
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Hornbeck,J. F. (Author)
- Format:
- pa
- Publication Date:
- 2010-06-24
- Published:
- Congressional Research Reports for the People
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 24 p., In December 2006, the 109th Congress passed the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 (HOPE I), which included special trade rules that give preferential access to US imports of Haitian apparel. With disappointing results, the 110th Congress responded by amending HOPE I with the Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act of 2008 (HOPE II). After the devastating 2010 earthquake, the US Congress addressed the apparel industry's needs by amending the HOPE Act with the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act of 2010, which improves US market access for Haitian apparel exports.